Richard Cobbe wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 11:09:34AM -0400, Alexander Hansen wrote:
>   
>> Christian Ebert wrote:
>>     
>>> * Richard Cobbe on Sunday, April 12, 2009 at 10:32:21 -0400
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Fink 0.29.1, tracking unstable source (rsync)
>>>> Mac OSX 10.5.6 Intel with all updates
>>>> XQuartz 2.3.2
>>>>
>>>> I tried a "fink selfupdate; fink update-all" this morning, and it's failing
>>>> with a circular dependencies error.  For the first few times this happened,
>>>> I've been able to get it to go a little bit farther by running debfoster
>>>> (which removes build-deps) and retrying the update-all, but I seem to have
>>>> hit a fixed point on this.
>>>>
>>>> Here's the list of packages I'm trying to install, along with the list of
>>>> dependencies that fink is pulling in:
>>>>
>>>>         
>
> <SNIP>
>
>   
>>>> I'm not sure what other information will help folks debug this problem, but
>>>> I was running the update session inside screen with logging turned on, so I
>>>> can provide more detailed output if necessary.
>>>>
>>>> How can I get past this and finish the update?
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> I was in a similar situation and solved it iirc by
>>>
>>> $ fink update gtk+2
>>> $ fink update glib2-shlibs
>>> $ fink update-all
>>>
>>> c
>>>
>>>       
>> Pedagogical note:
>>
>> In general this kind of error is most liable to occur when a large
>> dependency tree has shifted between what is currently on one's system
>> and what is in the current Fink package descriptions.  Generally the way
>> around it is to get away from "update-all", and to try some single
>> packages, as above.
>>     
>
> Good to know.  Unfortunately, this didn't work here -- trying to update any
> single package of the list of packages remaining to upgrade failed with a
> circular dependency error message.
>
> I've also tried removing (recursively) all of the packages listed for
> upgrade.  Of all the packages removed by this, the only ones that I use
> directly are evince, gimp2, gnucash2, and vim.  After I did this, "fink
> list -o" shows *no* packages in need of upgrade.
>
> When I try to install any of the 4 packages listed above, though, I get the
> same circular dependency error message.  So it looks like my fink
> installation is well and truly wedged.  :-(
>
> Oh well, I didn't need the update today anyway.  Time to blow away /sw and
> restore from Time Machine.  Is this something that is likely to get fixed
> in a subsequent "fink selfupdate", or do I just need to re-install all the
> packages from scratch?
>
> Richard
>   
Hard to say:  did you try a selfupdate at any time after you got the
circular dependency issue?

-- 
Alexander Hansen
Fink User Liaison


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